#SECOND LIFE BEACH

[dramaism]

dancing alone & dancing together

Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019) See You in My 19th Life (2023)

[maybe-boys-do-love]

The On1y One and the Queer History of *Poetic Cinema*

Still thinking about the ending of The On1y One, because that last shot of the pitcher is a clear reference to one of the most discussed shots in cinema history. Just look up "Ozu vase" and you'll see a plethora of written and video essays speculating on the meaning of it. The Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu cut to it in the midst of a climactic conversation in the film Late Spring between a father and daughter about her arranged marriage. Nerdwriter, in one of their better video essays, does a solid run-down of the discourse.

The shot is used as one of the prime examples for Paul Schrader's absurdly significant theory of Transcendental Style in Film. This style is what non-cinephiles will refer to as what's boring, confusing, and pretentious about Art House movies, and they are boring, confusing, and pretentious--intentionally so! When you see the "Poetic Cinema" meme, it comes from the director Andrei Tarkovsky as he's talking about his idea of sculpting time in cinema which is akin to this.

In the video below, Schrader describes, "If you consistently withhold and now the viewer is leaning toward you, now you have to, in a certain moment, free them--do something unexpected."

Freedom, in these instances, is not achieved through the happy ending. It's a spiritual release achieved by breaking the rules and patterns of the established reality.

Not enough is written about the queerness of Ozu and his films (including the possible Boston marriage situation of his muse, Setsuko Hara). Luckily, the some solid pieces exist, and Ozu would be an awesome place for anyone interested in asexual queer practices in film to look at. He's often held up as a symbol of conservative Japan, but his stories about the familial pressures and anxieties of heterosexual marriage and his formal strategies that allow people, if not physical escape, at least spiritual release from the bounds of societal expectations are quite radical.

The On1y One evoked Ozu's spiritual resistance to condemning limits throughout its series and in its final image. The conservative culture of families, marriages, economics, and schooling had locked all these queer men into psychological cages that isolated them and caused them to neglect their own feelings and others. Without fast-forwarding time or writing a fantasy, how can the series free them? The poetry and human-less pillow shots throughout have clued us into an experience of the world bigger than oneself. That final image is the culmination, transcending tragedy, abandonment, and death for a much queerer dream of eternity.

[frozenartscapes]

Edelgard still lives rent free in my head and I had a random headcanon about her Fallen version in Heroes. (Because I personally think it’s more interesting if each Edelgard had slightly different personalities and quirks that reflect the lives they lived before being summoned. For example, I see Brave!Edelgard as being the defacto “mom” of the group because she’s technically the oldest.)

But Hegie!Edelgard specifically is the most intriguing to me so here’s my headcanon: she’s the tallest. I like to think that she’s got some semblance of control over her Hegemon form, and has figured out that she can stretch her body just a tiny bit when in her non-beast form that puts her a few inches taller than the other Edelgards. Nothing crazy - she’s not trying to compete with Dimitri or Hubert.

But those few inches are more than enough to make the “normal” Edelgards jealous and Hegie is infuriatingly smug about it

[agnesandhilda]

gojo isn't anyone's found family dad he's out back smoking a joint while his teenage charges narrowly escape dismemberment

[salsae]

robin (2021) made ra's SUCH a gilf. this is a crack outtake from my wip fic where tim shows up on ra's lil secluded island to stop him from dying.

ofc, where tim goes core 4 shows up so, ra's can kiss his nice silent R&R retreat goodbye.

[bird-inacage]

A Fort x Peat Shitpost | The Epic Bridal Carry (Fail)

This will never not have me in absolute stitches. I’ve been laughing at it for 48 hours flat (and counting).

[freshfrenchangel]

I will not move until the summer end.

New post on my Flickr(credits).

[ashmp3]

haul time

[superfallingstars]

me posting highly detailed opinions on the marauder’s smoking habits like i have any stake in this argument or experience with this

[chloe-celestia]

Taking a break at the beach

[violetvalentine]

~Salty Breeze~

Outfit:

Bikini: .STOIC. - KIUI BIKINI - FATPACK -(Kustom9 - Event - July 2024)

Accessories:

Choker: Eclat - Velvet Choker

Earring: (Yummy) - 18 Hoop Earring Sets

Parasol: .SB. - Renee Parasol - (Midnight Order - Event - July 2024)

Body:

Bangs: [Yomi] - Bang Gang - Pack 4

Hair: Drawn

Head: Lelutka - Sugar

Body: eBody

[abbyanne-sari-sari]

For The Warehouse Sale's July round! ☀️🌊💧

Sari-Sari - Beach Vibes III (bento) 6 original bento poses, copy/mod

Let's keep the summer going for a little while longer. 😎🍹

20% OFF for event's duration. EVENT TIMELINE: July 23 - Aug 18

[dylanandmiyu-sl-photography]

Rewarding

[mallratsys]

Had Sex on The Beach for the first time! Yippeee!!

[teresabeadle5]

Better Together by Amberyl Ethaniel Via Flickr: The song reminds me of this pic..created in Sl, then tweaked in Krei then pulled into Photoshop for a whole lot of editing, so excuse some parts that are rough.. Jack Johnson - Better Together "There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart Our dreams, and they are made out of real things Like a shoe box of photographs With sepia-toned loving Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart Like why are we here? And where do we go? And how come it's so hard? It's not always easy and Sometimes life can be deceiving I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together"

[lurafita]

Random thoughts at midnight

Google search: "How do I adequetly express my discontent about there not having been a Musical episode in the show"

others have also searched "Malec dancing around and singing about being in love while fighting demons; is that really too much to ask"